AMD Radeon R9 Fury X review

We review, test and benchmark the Radeon R9 Fury X, one of the most discussed products of the year. A product that is big in performance, comes with that all new HBM memory and is based on a small form factor while this initial X model, is already liquid cooled for you. But will it perform?

It's a good card at the right price, but I was really hoping AMD would steal away the performance crown. AS it is, this isn't a whole lot better than a 290X. That's sad.

Nice review HH.

WhiteLightning

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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:01 PM
Who will play at 4k when the fps is still so low ? I certainly would not.
I hope for amd's sake voltage will be unlocked soon so we can have some real OC results instead of with the stock voltage ones. And that it will beat 980ti.
ATM im certainly not impressed , i had hoped for higher numbers tbh.
I guess its a nice stepup from the 290x though if you are just into AMD.

AvengerUK
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:02 PM
Well...

....that was underwhelming

....to all those who were on the hype train, thinking it would derail a 980 Ti...Titan X and were already celebrating, THIS is why you should wait.

I'll admit to feeling a bit smug.

Denial
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:06 PM
Yeah, idk. Maxwell launched what, 8 months ago? AMD has watercooling + HBM + 8 months of architecture design and this is it? I expected it to at least best the Titan X by 10-15% @ 4K in most benchmarks. It's not a bad card for the price, but just doesn't live up to the hype.

marcoloves360
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:06 PM
awesome looks like is the king for 4k, wuth better drivers could get even better, i got my 290x last week this is still to expensive to me, im very happy with it. Im happy for amd being on the race again

but my point is, if 980ti is 675$, fury X should be 600$ why? because 980ti overclocked alot better.

will wait a couple of days before i finally decide.

Fox2232
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:10 PM
Thanks HH. Now we need some victim who will test it on Windows 10 with one of low overhead drivers, as on 1080p AMD's drivers sux for such powerful card.
If I can order one here and they have it in 980Ti price, I may get it at end of week before going for vacation.

Ordered: Will have it by tomorrow. (means I am that W10 victim testing there)

Btw, at price of cheapest reference 980Ti.

Humanoid_1
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:10 PM
Well I'm going to enjoy a nice slow read of this with a big glass of wine and some munchies

But come on AMD, core volts should be unlocked at this point after the bragging about the power subsystem's delivery capability being an overclockers Dream!

FarEast
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:11 PM
underwhelming but we'll see its true potential with upcoming drivers and DX12..definitely a grab for 4k gamers tho

Barry J
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:13 PM
nice review HH as usual

Interesting review I was hoping for slightly more the fury X is good almost awesome in places (temps) but I was expecting slightly more FPS for loyal AMD fans it is a nice upgrade. But as a GPU user with no loyalty NVidia is still King I was hoping Fury X would change that. My upgrade path at the moment remains NVidia.

Ryu5uzaku
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:13 PM
That driver overhead... for 4K it is a no brainer imo being slightly faster then 980 ti and closing in or passing tx few times. For lower not as long as the driver overhead is that massive... The performance is there on the hardware it would match 980 ti but it ain't getting out that performance.

Now I play on 1200p which would make this card a silly buy coming from 290x.

Geryboy
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:13 PM
Costs as much as pre oced 3rd party 980tis here in europe which is 770€.

Let's see what the 3rd party can do with this card, right now the pre oced 980ti would be at least 10% better for the same price...

Spets
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:13 PM
So all that marketing and silly "It's coming" teasers for something underwhelming.
Better off grabbing a 980Ti and overclocking the hell out of it, it's a no brainer. Can easily go 1400+mhz with great OC scaling.

Where's the guys that claimed this thing will best the TitanX by 45%? Some even went bolder with up to 200%.

Thanks for the review HH, very thorough as always.

AvengerUK
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:15 PM
So all that marketing and silly "It's coming" teasers for something underwhelming.
Better off grabbing a 980Ti and overclocking the hell out of it, it's a no brainer. Can easily go 1400+mhz with great OC scaling.

Where's the guys that claimed this thing will best the TitanX by 45%? Some even went bolder with up to 200%.

100% agree. Underwhelmed (and glad I chose 980 Ti).

Those guy's who were posting those leaks, on the hype train before actual reviews - THIS is why you should wait for official reviews.

It's not a bad card - but its no Titan X/980 Ti Beater. Equal / a tiny bit less at 4k, not great at lower.

stdavidchen
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:16 PM
It is a great product in terms of temp/length/led/price. However, no impressed by its performance. I think I would stick to my 290.

sverek
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:17 PM
Thank you very much for Review!

Well... it could be time to go green.

Correct me if I am wrong, but 970 is still the best cost performance (reasonable) card on the market for 1440 gaming.

Undying
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:17 PM
How can you expect to beat Titan X that costs 1,000$? It wasnt meant to go that far. Card shows really good performance at 4k but i kinda expected more at lower resolutions.

We'll see how the pricing will go in the rest of the world not only US.

Let's hope few upcoming drivers will fix that. All in all nice review HH.

AndreasGuido
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:20 PM
I was hoping for a lower price, £650 is a bit steep. I would still go for 980ti if i had to pick, but its a hard decision!

Ghosty
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:20 PM
With the Fury X already being liquid cooled is a great touch, but it's going to cause headaches if you already have a liquid cooled CPU push/pull fans installed. Great review by the way.

AvengerUK
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:21 PM
£649.99

Here in the UK.

So yeh, Not cheap.

Sad day for AMD and the Hype train

Extraordinary
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:22 PM
980ti is £549

AvengerUK
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:23 PM

980ti is £549

Sooo

Save £100....Get better performance.

Oh dear....

Loophole35
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:26 PM
Underwhelming does not even begin to describe this product. It does not even beat a reference 980Ti at 1440p. Hope with some driver improvements this card will get faster and the OC results are laughable at best.

This is a sad day for PC gaming as Nvidia does not even have to try now. SMH

This is why I get apprehensive when an AMD product is hyped.

Xenotone
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Posted on: 06/24/2015 01:26 PM
Still impressed with what they've achieved, even if sub-4K perf isn't quite up to snuff. Hopefully this will bring the price of the 980 Ti down a bit